This collection is organized into two subgroups and seven series,
which include, Biographical Information, 1895-1955. Diaries, 1908- 1909,
1949-1954. Correspondence, 1900-1963. Articles and Addresses, 1908- 1972.
Project Files, 1899-1944. Supplemental Papers, 1904-1941. Photographs,
1906-1953. arrangement varies by series. Contains mainly correspondence,
1915-1958, regarding his professional interest in the development and
utilization of underground and surface water in Arizona. Correspondents include
Carl Hayden, Barry Goldwater, John R. Murdock, and other state and local
leaders. Also includes his articles and addresses, project files, and
photographs concerning irrigation engineering, agriculture, and water supply
projects.

This collection houses reports and research compiled by Douglas E. Kupel during his historic preservation work. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.

The William Scudder Gookin Collection consists of diaries, typewritten and holograph transcripts, notes, and a report. Although the materials date from 1956 to 1982, the bulk of the collection consists of Gookin's personal diaries describing his work in support of the Central Arizona Project from 1958 to 1968.

The John J. Rhodes Papers consist of correspondence, reports, financial and travel records, and printed matter documenting Rhodes' Congressional career from 1953 to 1983. Significant portions of the collection show the Central Arizona Project, issues regarding Native Americans, campaign activities, legislation that Rhodes sponsored, water, energy policy, Watergate, and Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign. The collection has been divided into eighteen series. The first fifteen series house materials created in the Congress held between 1953 and 1983. The final three series are Series XVI: Campaign Files, Series XVII: Central Arizona Project, and Series XVIII: Miscellaneous Files.

Papers, 1955-1992, bulk 1960-1990. This collection is comprised of the papers of Arizona Water Resources Committee (AWRC). Items include business and research files. The bulk of the material consists of business records including meeting agenda/notices and minutes, correspondence, plans, reports and publications, relating to various projects and programs from AWRC.